Sharpies are awesome. You can use them for tons of artsy things, and my favorite thing to use them for is to draw on my jeans! Now, those of you out there that are like my mom see that sentence and cringe. Do not worry though! I only draw on jeans when they are old and already have that artist look... which is basically final stage of a well used life.
Drawing with sharpies on my old jeans is just plain fun though. I LOVE drawing, and sprucing up my beloved jeans (or shorts) is a way of having a project and expressing myself at the same time. Now be forewarned... if you give your friends sharpies and allow them free reign of drawing on your jeans, you'll find that they have circled your knee(in hot pink sharpie) and written " TICKLISH SPOT IS HERE" for all the world to use against you. Nevertheless, I love all the comments I get when I wear my "creative" jeans, even if it's from old ladies who share my moms view on drawing on jeans... disdain.
So, my first pair was simply what I call my "doodle" jeans. I actually only drew about four small little doodles on it and left the rest for other people to fill in. The cool part of it is that it holds so many memories! I have signatures, a fat unicorn, and even a cactus with a hat on those jeans! I love that every time I wear those jeans I can think about who drew that when or how and where.
The one problem I have with my doodle jeans is that the sharpie sorta... fades.. not really fast, but after about four or five washes red turns pink, and most of the lighter colors are turning back to light blue. So when I decided to get artistic with my four year old jean shorts last night, I was worried that would happen again. With doodle jeans it's not a big deal cause it just makes room for new doodles, gets rid of the tempting tickle spots, and you can always just go over your favorites again with the same colors and it'll last longer.
The reason I was bothered about my jean shorts doing this though, is because the drawing I'm doing on them is allot more complex and well... cool. So I decided I need to at least try this thing I heard about putting freshly sharpie-ed jeans in the drier before washing them to set the ink. Once I was finished with the drawing the comic book character (deadpool) on my jean shorts I put them in the drier under 'extra dry'.
So far the red sharpie just bled a little down on the cuff of the shorts and it smells even stronger of sharpie than it did before. This does not exactly inspire confidence though. I do not really want a pink deadpool. Not that I have anything against a female deadpool, however I'm not a huge fan of the color pink.
So I decided against washing them just yet and washing them with any other clothes when I do wash them. Instead I'm going to put them in the drier once more and try washing them after that. I was hoping to do something else on the other side of the jeans, however I don't have any other colors other than red and black at the moment, so I'm going to wait till I see how this works and go purchase a plethora of colors if, indeed, the jean washes well. FINGERS CROSSED EVERYONE! I will be updating you on if this works or not and perhaps my next sharpie adventure, which I am even now plotting. Bwahahaha! Ya'll have a nice day and remember.... DON'T WASH BESHARPIE-ED JEANS WITH YOUR FAVORITE WHITE TOP.
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